A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.

My mother and father were both much more remarkable than any story of mine can make them. They seem to me just mythically wonderful.

In my real movie-going days, which were the thirties, you didn't stand in line. You strolled down the street and sallied into the theater at any hour of the day or night.

The first thing one must remember about film is that it is a young medium. And it is essential for every responsible artist to cultivate the ground that has been left fallow.

If I ever own a restaurant, I will never allow the waiters to ask if the diners like their dishes. Particularly when they're talking.

Fake is as old as the Eden tree.

Criticism is the essence of creation.